Anti-incrustating device and water-purifier.



No. 747,290. PATENTED DEC. 15, 1-903. N. W. YANTIS & 'H. H. BALTZLEY. ANTI-INQRUSTATING DEVICE AND WATER PURIPIER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 27,1903

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W. mi Md m m m UNITED STATES Patented December 15, 1903.

PATENT much.

NOAH W. YANTIS AND HENRY H. BALTZLEY, OF ASSUMPTION, ILLINOIS.

ANTI-INCRUSTATING DEViCE AND WATER-PURIFIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 747,290, dated December 15, 1903. Application filed January 27, 1903. Serial No. 140,762. (No model.)

lect impurities in watersuch as mud, scale,-

lime, and other foreign matter generally found in pump or hydrant water-thereby insnring pure Water for cooking and domestic purposes and preventing the incrustation of and the collection of foreign matter upon the sides of tea-kettles and like culinary vessels used for heating and boiling water.

For a full description of the invention and.

the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result reference is to be had to the following-description and drawings hereto attached.

While the essential and characteristic features of the invention are susceptible of modification, still the preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a waterpurifier embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is vertical central section showing the same applied to a tea-kettle and connected to the cover thereof. Fig. 3 is detail perspective view of the cover of the purifier inverted.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The device comprises a body 1 of frustoconical form, mounted upon feet 2, the base being considerably larger in diameter than the top, so as to insure a firm setting of the device upon the bottom of the kettle or other culinary article in which the purifier may be located. The size of the device will depend largely upon the capacity of the tea-kettle or vessel in which it is to be placed. The feet 2 prevent contact of the bottom of the body with the bottom of the tea-kettle or analogous vessel and enables a circulation of the water during the process of ebullition.

The body of the device 1 is preferably of metalsuch as aluminium, tin, or protected waresuch as commonly employed in the manufacture of culinary articles.

A cover 3 codperates with the body 1 and is arranged above the same a short distance and is larger in diameter than the top and is preferably concavo-conveX and arranged with the concave or hollow side facing the body of the purifier. This cover 3 counteracts the suction caused by the water boiling from underneath the body, thus causing all sediment to settle at once to the bottom of the purifier. It also prevents the sediment collected in the body from being disturbed when pouring waterinto the tea-kettle. The cover 3 is fitted to the bodyl in any convenient Way, preferably in amanner to admit of its ready removal when it is required to cleanse the purifier or remove the matter accumulated therein. As shown, a support 4 of bow form is provided and is secured at a central point to the cover, preferably by means of an eyebolt 5, the ends of the support being intnrned, as shown at 6, to pass through slots 7 in the sides of the body 1 at diametrically opposite points. The bowshaped support 4 is preferably a strip of spring metal to admit of the cover being readily applied to and detached from the body.

In the preferred construction the purifier is adapted to rest loosely upon the bottom of the tea-kettle or analogous vessel 8; but, if

preferred, it may be attached to the cover of the tea-kettle by extending the eyebolt 5, as shown most clearly in Fig. 2. The latter .construction facilitates removal of the purifier because of its connection with the cover of the tea-kettle, as will be readily understood.

Within the purview of the invention the device may be used in connection with steamboilers and other vessels used for heating water, so as to remove the impurities therefrom and prevent the accumulation of sediment upon the sides of said vessels.

' Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new isl. A purifier for tea-kettles and analogous culinary vessels, the same comprising an imperforate hollow body open at the top, and a cover spaced from said body and arranged above the same and of larger diameter than the open end, substantially as set forth.

2. A purifier for tea-kettles and like culinary vessels, the same comprising an imper- 5 forate hollow body open at the top, a cover of larger diameter than the open end of the body and arranged above the same, and a support attached to the cover intermediate of its ends and adapted to make interlocking :0 connection at its extremities with said body,

substantially as set forth.

3. A purifier for tea-kettles and analogous culinary vessels, the same comprising an imperforate hollow body having slots in its sides at diametrically opposite points, a cover of larger diameter than and arranged above the open end of the body, and a spring-support secured intermediate of its ends to the cover and adapted to have its end, portions enter the aforesaid slots of the body, substantially as described.

4. A purifier for tea-kettles and analogous culinary vessels, the same comprising an imperforate hollow body having slots in its sides at diametrically opposite points, a cover of larger diameter than and arranged above the ter than and arranged above the open end of said body, substantially as set forth.

6. A purifier for tea-kettles and analogous culinary vessels, the same comprising an imperforate hollow body having its upper end open, and a concavo-convex cover of larger diameter than and arranged above the open end of the body with its hollow or concave side facing downward, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

NOAH W. YANTIS. HENRY H. BALTZLEY. Witnesses:

JAMES ORONIN, JOHN M. HOLMES. 

